While at Warrington she was first selected for the England women's national rugby league team in 2008, aged 16.
[8][9] In June 2015, while at back at Featherstone Rovers, Rudge was part of the England team that played a two-match series against France.
[10][11] Rudge was part of the Featherstone team that reached the 2015 Championship final, losing 18–12 to Thatto Heath.
[14] At the end of the 2018 season Rudge was named captain of the England team for the test match against France and in 2019 was named as England captain for the World 9s tournament in Australia in October 2019 and also the two-match test series against Papua New Guinea in November 2019.
[17] Rudge was one of the three nominees for the 2019 Telegraph Woman of Steel award but lost out to Leeds' Courtney Hill.